As we now know NuPGA is no longer pursuing FPGA technology but rather fully committed to farther develop its monolithic 3D IC technology breakthrough. Accordingly it change its name to MonolithIC 3D Inc. More information could be found on its web www.MonolithIC3D.com

As we now know NuPGA is no longer pursuing FPGA technology but rather fully committed to farther develop its monolithic 3D IC technology breakthrough. Accordingly it change its name to MonolithIC 3D Inc. More information could be found on its web www.MonolithIC3D.com

I like it. Even if the performance isn't on par with state of the art ASICs, there's a lot of high volume market that doesn't need bleeding edge performance. The nature of the antifuse construction coupled with the stackup looks like this could be a very, very tough part to clone/pirate. The IP security alone would win me over vs. a gate array.

In my opinion, No. Let's assume NuPGA's density matches ASIC and even the power which will probably prove much higher if considering cooling. The performance will be much lower than ASICs, given the layout of NuPGA's connection channels. It is hard for me to see that this version of 3D FPGA could fill the gap.

ASICs were once the number one choice for electronic devices, because of their low per unit cost and high density. Unfortunately, the set-up cost for ASIC has skyrocketed. Gate arrays have been an alternative, but their cost per unit is expensive compared to ASICs and their density much lower. NuPGA now claims its 3D gate arrays could fill this gap, with a low-cost alternative to ASICs that has nearly equal per unit cost and density. What do you think? Do these 3D FPGAs sound like they could fill the bill?